nemalator417
New Member
Hi all! I am new to this hobby and know I’ve made mistakes from not so great advice.
I currently have 60gal saltwater tank that is about a month old. Was told it would be cycled by adding fritz turbo start and all would be good. Long story short I’m having to do a fish in cycle because it didn’t cycle with the starter bacteria. I am nearing the end of my cycle (had nitrite spike and now it’s decreasing). Current stock is 1 porcupine puffer, 1 blue spot puffer and 1 diamond goby. All was fine with water changes and stability but I noticed my blue spot had a chunk missing from the dorsal fin - attributed this to aggression from my porcupine during feeding, but he was acting fine. Yesterday I noticed white strings hanging from him and a red mark in his mouth. He had been hiding and not wanting to eat so I pulled him out and put him in QT tank. This morning my goby was dead but looked completely normal otherwise. None of the lesions look like ich but now the blue spot is having a hard time swimming and the white film is getting worse!
Does this look fungal? Parasitic? Secondary bacterial infection from wounds?
Going to get meds at the store just don’t know what to get!
Current parameters:
Salinity: 1.025
Ph: 8
Ammonia: 0.25ppm
Nitrite: 0.25ppm
Nitrate: 20ppm
Temp:79f
I currently have 60gal saltwater tank that is about a month old. Was told it would be cycled by adding fritz turbo start and all would be good. Long story short I’m having to do a fish in cycle because it didn’t cycle with the starter bacteria. I am nearing the end of my cycle (had nitrite spike and now it’s decreasing). Current stock is 1 porcupine puffer, 1 blue spot puffer and 1 diamond goby. All was fine with water changes and stability but I noticed my blue spot had a chunk missing from the dorsal fin - attributed this to aggression from my porcupine during feeding, but he was acting fine. Yesterday I noticed white strings hanging from him and a red mark in his mouth. He had been hiding and not wanting to eat so I pulled him out and put him in QT tank. This morning my goby was dead but looked completely normal otherwise. None of the lesions look like ich but now the blue spot is having a hard time swimming and the white film is getting worse!
Does this look fungal? Parasitic? Secondary bacterial infection from wounds?
Going to get meds at the store just don’t know what to get!
Current parameters:
Salinity: 1.025
Ph: 8
Ammonia: 0.25ppm
Nitrite: 0.25ppm
Nitrate: 20ppm
Temp:79f
